Staff

Board


Secondee Lawyers

The Human Rights Law Centre is provided with valuable support by some of Australia’s leading commercial law firms through the secondment of pro bono lawyers. Since 2006, the HRLC’s secondee lawyers have included the following.

2023

Peter Turner - MinterEllison
Molly Welsh - MinterEllison
Jade Tyrrell - Johnson Winter Slattery
Lauren Connolly - Johnson Winter Slattery
Massooma Saberi - Norton Rose Fulbright

2022

Stephanie Hogarty - Norton Rose Fulbright
Tatum Joseph - MinterEllison
Samantha Marsh - Ashurst
Georgina Flaherty - Ashurst
Morsaal Aimaq - MinterEllison
Rachel Saravanamuthu - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Rex Lee - Norton Rose Fulbright
Benjamin Wilson - Hall & Wilcox
Marley Angus - MinterEllison
Harriet Forster - Ashurst

Waiwa Mudena cadets

Aleisha Bailey
Kaiwyn McCartney

2021

Benjamin Wilson - Hall & Wilcox
Harriet Forster - Ashurst
Marley Angus - MinterEllison
Danielle Jones - Lander & Rogers
Darcy Todaro - Lander & Rogers
Joshua Kaye - MinterEllison
Nikkie Xu - Ashurst
Cassandra Hamill - King & Wood Mallesons
Ellie Arrowsmith - MinterEllison
Tracey Yeung - King & Wood Mallesons
Daniel Barnett - Ashurst

Waiwa Mudena cadets

Jonatho Gobbo - King & Wood Mallesons
Olivia Nibbs - King & Wood Mallesons
Lara Walker - King & Wood Mallesons

2020

Tess McGuire – MinterEllison
Madeleine Causbrook – Ashurst
Sophie Andritsos – King & Wood Mallesons
Brittni Dienhoff – MinterEllison
Darcy Todaro – Lander & Rogers
Danielle Jones – Lander & Rogers
Paul Mersiades – Allens
Stephanie Kelly – Allens
Crystal Gluch-Martin – Ashurst
Matyas Szuk – Ashurst
Daniel Barnett – Ashurst
Tracey Yeung – King & Wood Mallesons
Ellie Arrowsmith – MinterEllison

2019

Jordan Tsirimokos – Ashurst
Anna Lane – MinterEllison

2018

Geordie Bundock-Livingston – Ashurst
Angela Chen – Ashurst

2017

Aimee Cooper – Victorian Legal Aid
David Bourke – Lander & Rogers
Ivy Keane – Ashurst

2016

Kelly Butler – King & Wood Mallesons
Chloe Gall – Ashurst
Tal Shmerling – King & Wood Mallesons

2015

Amy Frew – Community Legal Centre Graduate Lawyer Scheme
Emma Newnham – King & Wood Mallesons

2014

Rhys Ryan – King & Wood Mallesons
Louise Brown – King & Wood Mallesons
Ashlea Hawkins – Lander & Rogers

2013

Rowan Minson – King & Wood Mallesons
Madeleine Forster – DLA Piper
Emily Christie – DLA Piper

2012

Richard Griffin – Lander & Rogers
Emily Brott – King & Wood Mallesons
Gavan Blau – Lander & Rogers
Emma Purdue – Lander & Rogers

2011

Michael Griffith – Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Heath Paynter – Russell Kennedy
Zara Durnan – Lander & Rogers
Meg O’Brien – Mallesons Stephen Jaques

2010

Jacqui Bell – Blake Dawson
Megan Fitzgerald – Lander & Rogers
Susanna Kirpichnikov – Lander & Rogers
Michael Dunstan – Mallesons Stephen Jaques

2009

Prabha Nandagopal – DLA Phillips Fox
Melissa Gundrill – Clayton Utz
Victoria Edwards – Freehills
Helen Conrad – Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Maryam Minai – Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Jessica Zikman – Lander & Rogers

2008

Melanie Schleiger – Lander & Rogers
Phoebe Knowles – Minter Ellison

2006/7

Ben Schokman – Allens Arthur Robinson

2006

Waleed Aly – Maddocks